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Be it known that I, ISAAC WHITNEY, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have made new and` useful improvements in Washing Machines; and I do hereby declarethe following to be al full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specifica- 'rion,.and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine with the sonping device removed and part of one side cut ont to show the interior. v v l i Figure 2 isa longitudinal vertical section of' the same in line :v x, tig. 1Q v Figures 3 and 4 are detached views of portions of'niy machine hereinafter more fully described.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

The nature of my invention consists in so combining'a lower corrugated wooden roller, lthe bearings oi'A which are in a frame provided with springs, with an upper brush-roller, that when motion is given to the same by means of the treadle the clothes will he drawn with great. force between the two rollers, andA in a peculiar device by means 4of which the clothes areautoxnatically soaped.

In the drawings, A represents the box` of my machine. A round bar, B, in' therear Vend of the box, passes through holes in the rear ends oilthe arms C,n and is securely fastened in the sides of theibox. YThe other ends of the arms C are supported by Indiarubber springs D, which are held by pins d onthe outside of the box, and may bo tightened or slackened by being fastened on or slipped Aaround an upper or lower pin, .according to the horizontal pressure required. Inthe centre of thc arms C are the bearings of the wooden' roller E, the surface of which is corrugated,`as shown in the drawings. Over the roller E is situated the circular brush or brush- 4roller F, which has its bcaringe in the sides of the box A, one end of the shaft a on` which the brush-roller 'is fastened passing through the side and bearing a gear-wheel, c. Fastened to the under side of the box near the sides are two bearingsv b, which support a shaft,re, provided at one end with a fly-wheel, G, ,and atthe Aother end with'a gear-wheel, H, which is connected by a band, 7L, to the upper gear-wheel c. This shaft is provided at its centre with asweep, g, connected by the rod z' to the treadle c, as shown in the drawings. Over the brush-roller F, and resting on the sides of the box A, is a'squaro-cover, I,l the topo` which'is in its centre provided with a longitudinal trough, K, with inclined sides, and open at the bottom, as shown in iig. 3. This cover is hinged at its rsa1-end to the top ofthe sides, as shown at Z, so that the cover can be turned ,back when desired.v The trough K serves 'to hold the soap to the brush-roller F, so that the rollerat the same time soaps and washes the clothes. When soft soap is employed, I place into the trough K a perforated trough, L, (see fig. 4,) made of tin or any other suitable material. The soft soap being poured into-the -troughL slowly dripsron to the brush-roller through the perforations. l

The operation of mymachine is as follows: Motion is imparted to the brush-roller F by means of the treadle ic, shaft e, and gear-Wheels H c. The operator after having placed soap into the trough -K or L, according to whether he-uses hard or soft'so'ap, places one end of the piece of clothing to be washed between thetwo' rollers E and F, when it is instantly seized and drawn away from` the operator. By holding the piece of cloth firmly and not allowing it to pass through between the rollers, any particular place in' the same can bewashed, tho power which draws it away from the operator giving additional force to the direct pressure from the lower roller -to the upper one. If any part of the clothing yis thicker than another, equal pressure will still be exerted, as

each arm C acts separately from the other, that is to say, the lower roller can assume a longitudinally inclined position, one end being depressed without necessitating the loweringof the other. As the clothes pass through between the rollers, the operator being enabled to use both hands, can take them from the rear part'of the box 'A back tothe front part, and pass them .between the rollers as often as may be necessary. The brushvr'oller F passing close to the lower end of the trough K touches the soap and forces it through the clothes. When e-.ough soap has been used for one piece, the soap may either be taken ont, or the cover I may be turned back on its hinges, the soap being held in place by small bars n placed at intervals across the troughgK, and under which the soap or the trough L can easily be slid. A v

Having thus described my inven'tion,'what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. The hinged soapingbox I, with its bars n n, an'dremovoble trough L, adapted to contain either bar or soft soap, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the brush-rol'ler F with the corrugated Woofen roer E, substantially as described.

3. In combination with ihe brush-roller F, and corrugated Wooeh rolle I ialy as and for the purpose set fox-th.

4. The arms C', operating independently of each other by means of th with the corrugated roller E, in he mmner and for the purposes described.

5. The conlbnston of tho corrugated wooden roller E, springs D, and Soaping cover I, and troughs K and L, subst e elastic bads D D, in cmbiation brush roller F, noodle k, gearvheels H c, arms. C, antaly as and for tho purposes set .fo-rwth.

ISAAOWHITNEY. Witnesses:

ALEX. A. 0. Kmuoxs,

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